What are the taboos of Cold Clothes Festival? Hanyi Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, and many regions will carry out some traditional activities on this day. In some areas of China, Han Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival will be collectively called the three ghost festivals in China. Let's take a look at the taboos of Hanyi Festival.
What are the taboos of Cold Clothes Festival? 1 first, it is forbidden to talk about marriage.
Costume Festival is a traditional festival of folk sacrifice. It is a day to pay homage to ancestors and cherish the memory of their loved ones. Another sad and painful day, not suitable for the festive atmosphere of marriage. At the same time, the marriage of new people will cast a short shadow on the clothing festival.
Second, avoid the joy of moving.
Cold clothing festival is an important day for folk traditions to pay homage to their deceased relatives. On the 11th Cold Clothes Festival, passers-by are busy worshipping. According to the older generation, there are dead relatives collecting cold clothes on both sides of the road ... If you move in the Cold Clothes Festival, there will be dead people following the housewarming passers-by home, which is not good for moving to a new house.
Third, avoid patients leaving the hospital.
On the day of Cold Clothing Festival, the yin qi is heavier, and these yin qi will attach to people with insufficient yang, while the hospitalized patients have just recovered and the yang is insufficient. If it is discharged on cold clothes day, there may be foul air on the way home, which is not good for your health.
Fourth, avoid the opening ceremony
The Cold Clothes Festival is a festival of folk sacrifice, so it is not suitable for the opening ceremony, because there may be a custom of setting off firecrackers at the opening ceremony, and the loud music will disturb people who come to pick up cold clothes ... In addition, the festive atmosphere of the opening ceremony is not suitable for the opening ceremony, which runs counter to thinking about relatives and offering sacrifices to ancestors.
Five, avoid drying clothes and quilts.
Don't dry clothes and bask in the quilt in the afternoon of Hanyi Festival, because the spirit of the sun will slowly decay and the yin will increase in the afternoon. People think that there will be evil spirits attached to bask in the quilt in the afternoon, and some weak people are prone to get sick, which will bring bad years to healthy people.
Sixth, avoid staying in the wild.
It is forbidden for weak people and women to stay in the wild for a long time, because staying in the wild for a long time will lead to evil spirits and bring harm to people's health and fortune.
Seven, avoid going hungry.
Hanyi Festival is a day to worship ancestors and remember their loved ones. Be sure to eat and drink good water before worshiping, because hunger will cause physical emptiness, lack of physical strength, easy to produce evil spirits, and excessive sadness will easily lead to various accidents.
Eight, avoid ending and turning back.
Don't look back after the Hanyi Festival, especially don't answer the sound on the road at night, and don't stay in the wild for a long time, otherwise it will attract evil spirits to follow.
What are the taboos of Cold Clothes Festival? 2 matters needing attention in burning cold clothes on Cold Clothes Festival.
1. During the Cold Clothes Festival, grave sweepers will burn some weapons. Many people just go through the motions in the process and don't notice whether all the things they burn have been burned. I want to tell you here that the clothes and money burned by the deceased must be burned. Only when it is burned clean can these papers be transformed into silks and satins, houses, clothes, gold, silver and copper coins in the underworld. As long as a thing is not burned, all the previous efforts will be in vain, and the dead will not use it.
When people send warm clothes, they also pay attention to burning some five-color paper at the crossroads to symbolize cloth and silk. The original intention is to help orphans who have no ancestors to worship, so as not to be robbed of winter supplies for their loved ones. Therefore, when offering sacrifices to remote graves, according to the surrounding environment, you can leave more five-color paper for burning in case of emergency.
3, burning cold clothes, some. Place it in front of the grave of the deceased, and pay attention to the grave before the sun comes out. Some places are used to burning sacrifices in front of the door. And what about some people who go out to worship? It is suggested to burn paper money at the intersection towards home, draw a circle with chalk, and leave a hole towards home. If it is still inconvenient at the intersection, try to choose a place that does not hinder others and finish it without causing trouble to others.
4. It's best to go to the grave at 9: 00 am-12: 00 am on the Cold Clothes Festival. You can't go to the grave in the afternoon at the most abundant time of the day. Moreover, people who are physically ill are best not to participate, and pregnant women of all ages are not suitable for going to the cemetery; Don't participate in the recent downturn. Besides, don't go to the cemetery after dark. Don't laugh and play in the cemetery, spit disrespectful words, walk clean and tidy, and leave no stolen goods.
5. If the tomb is flooded, collapsed or damaged, it is suggested to repair it on the day of Cold Clothes Festival, and clear the vegetation of the tomb in time to ensure that the ancestors are not affected by wind and rain underground. Some people need to move their graves, preferably during the Cold Clothes Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day. If some people's graves have bad feng shui and need to be improved, it is best not to make their own decisions, and everything should be carried out in accordance with the professional ethics.
What are the taboos of Cold Clothes Festival? 3. What are the folk customs of the Cold Clothes Festival?
Eat noodles
10/day, people will not only send warm clothes to the dead for the winter, but also carry out some traditional activities symbolizing winter. People improve their lives, and buckwheat noodles and oatmeal noodles are very popular in mountainous areas. The custom of eating noodles on Hanyi Festival has a long history. It is a good choice to eat a bowl of noodles with reasonable nutrition at noon in winter.
Red beans and rice
Later generations took the first day of October as a mourning day and took red bean rice as a drink. There is still a legend in Dafeng, Jiangsu. Once upon a time, there was a cowherd who was hacked to death by the landlord for fighting with him, and the rice scattered on the ground was dyed red with blood. This day is the first day of October. After that, the poor will eat red bean rice on the first day of October to commemorate him.
Gold and silver luggage
Kneel down and kowtow, then draw a circle in front of the grave, put five-color paper and mingbi in the circle, and set fire to it. Some people not only burn Ming coins, but also burn luxury houses and cars made of five-color paper, while chanting what they want to say to their dead friends.
Burn cold clothes
That is, preparing offerings, usually in the morning. After the offerings were arranged, the family sent the children to the street to buy some five-color paper, mingbi and incense foil for later use. Five-color paper is red, yellow, blue, white and black, very thin, and some have cotton in the middle. After lunch, the housewife cleaned up the wok, called the Qi family and asked them to burn cold clothes on the grave.